# GoBeyond

> GoBeyond is a VC fund in Zürich backing Software and Health Care. See 164 investments, check sizes, portfolio and contact details. Updated Aug 2026.

- Type: VC Fund
- Location: Zürich, Switzerland
- Total investments: 164
- Last investment: Jan 2023
- Lead investor: 4%
- Last updated: Aug 2026
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/143808
- X (Twitter): http://twitter.com/gobeyondinvest
- Website: https://www.gobeyondinvesting.com/
- Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/pages/Go-Beyond-Ltd/106192919436685

GoBeyond is a FinTech company transforming angel investing into a new scalable asset class for small and large, novice to experienced investors. It offers a unique deal platform, portfolio tools, syndication/pooling, due diligence, investment monitoring services, training and certified deal leaders.Its clients are individuals, familyoffices, professional groups and corporations. It is active in the EU, Switzerland and the US. GoBeyond also offers educational training modules for angel investors in 11 categories.

## Contacts

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## Round sizes

| Stage | Round size |
| --- | --- |
| Seed | $544k–$5M |
| Series A | $1.2M–$10M |

## Investment focus

### Industry

| Industry | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Software | 12 | 7% |
| Health Care | 12 | 7% |
| Information Technology | 12 | 7% |
| Medical | 10 | 6% |
| E-Commerce | 9 | 5% |

148 industries tracked in total.

### Stage

| Stage | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Funding Round | 33 | 20% |
| Seed | 28 | 17% |
| Series A | 18 | 11% |
| Convertible Note | 14 | 9% |
| Series B | 11 | 7% |

9 stages tracked in total.

### Country

| Country | Investments | Share |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Switzerland | 34 | 21% |
| Germany | 9 | 5% |
| United Kingdom | 8 | 5% |
| France | 7 | 4% |
| Belgium | 7 | 4% |

14 countries tracked in total.

## Team

| Name | Title | Investments | Profile |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Achim Diedenhofen | Business Angel Investor and Healthcare Group Co-Coach | 9 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/achim-diedenhofen |
| Bethann Kassman | CEO, Go Beyond Network | 8 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/bethann-kassman |
| Maria Victoria Hernandez Valcarcel | Deal Leader - Investment Committee | 3 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/maria-victoria-hernandez-valcarcel |
| Patty Dimond | Early Stage Investing Specialists | 4 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/patty-dimond |
| Alexander Manolov | Business Angel/Startup mentor | 1 | https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alexander-manolov |

## Investments

| Company | Description | Amount | Stage | Date | Website |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Blumer | Blumer is a social networking platform that provides social networks that can monetize time by consuming advertisements, selling nfts, and making crypto transactions. It offers social networks, crypto, digital marketing, and blockchain. | $5M | Seed | Jan 30, 2023 |  |
| LEND | LEND provides peer to peer lending in Switzerland. It connects investors with borrowers. Moreover, investors earn substantial returns and borrowers benefit from low interest rates. The company is based in Switzerland and it was founded in 2015. | $6.4M | Series B | Oct 15, 2020 |  |
| AVAtronics | AVAtronics is developing noise-canceling technology. | $1.7M | Seed | Apr 15, 2020 |  |
| Flyability | Flyability is a Swiss company building safe drones for inaccessible places. By allowing drones to be used safely inside cities, buildings, and in contact with people, it enables new interactions and services with UAVs and solves the two most critical issues of one of the fastest growing industries: collision and injury risks. The company’s mainmarket is in industrial inspection where it avoids sending people in dangerous and confined spaces for the inspection of Power Generation, Oil & Gas or Maritime infrastructures. It is also active in Search & Rescue and Security to assess emergency situations without putting humans at risk. Flyability is the winner of the 1M USD Drones for Good Award and over 11 other technology and business prizes. Read more on www.flyability.com. |  | Series B | May 06, 2019 |  |
| ShoeSize.Me | ShoeSize.Me is an AI to help online shoppers to buy the right shoe size online. The Size Virtual Expert on shoe sizing can be integrated into eCommerce platform. It removes the sizing guesswork for online customers. The Virtual Sizing Expert calculates the best size for online customers trained by millions of customer experiences on over 1million shoes of 5400 brands. |  |  | Apr 30, 2019 |  |
| The Faction Collective | The Faction Collective - manufacturers of high performance freeride and freestyle skis since 2006.Skis are more than just pieces of wood, steel & fibreglass. They are tools of escape. A medium for personal expression. A way to challenge fears, push limits & share incredible experiences with friends.The Faction Collective was formedin 2006 by a group of friends with the aim of creating the best designed & built freeride & freestyle skis you can buy, with a world-class manufacturing base in heart of the European Alps and a strong commitment to social and environmental sustainability. Every year new ideas and products expand our range - but the manifesto remains the same.In 2010 we partnered with Swiss helmet manufacturer TSG to produce a new line of lightweight, high performance protection, and in 2012 we are working with acclaimed French skier Candide Thovex to create a range of revolutionary superlight park and freeride skis using recycled PET cores and minimalist graphics that support our ethos of uncompromised performance.From our bases in Verbier, Switzerland and Breckenridge, USA we still ski over 100 days a year, refining our products and keeping the stoke alive. We hope you are too. |  |  | Apr 23, 2019 |  |
| LuckaBox | LuckaBox is a carrier-independent delivery experience platform for retailers and their customers. Passionate about data, the SaaS solution standardizes delivery information to bring transparency to logistics operations and enhances customer experience. With 60+ carriers covered LuckaBox is a strong partner for retailers, carriers, and B2Bbusinesses.LuckaBox serves leading brands like e.g. IKEA, Decathlon and Metro to help improve their post-purchase customer experience, reduce customer service costs and optimize their logistic smanagement. |  | Seed | Apr 11, 2019 |  |
| Scientific Visual | Scientific Visual SA is a privately held company located in Lausanne, Switzerland. It develops quality control systems for optical materials to improve watch, LED and smartphone production.Scientific Visual technologies improve the quality and speed of sapphire processing by objectively identifying and quantifying internal defects in sapphire atearlier stages in the production cycle than previously possible. For the first time sapphire users are able to establish objective, observer-independent and traceable quality control processes that reduce production costs and streamline their supply chain. |  | Series B | Apr 04, 2019 |  |
| VRdirect | VRdirect is the leading Virtual Reality solution for enterprises and enables enterprises to get started with the Metaverse. Using VRdirect, enterprises can start creating Virtual Reality projects today and ensure compatibility with any future Metaverse ecosystem. Using the VRdirect STUDIO enables anyone to create VR projects and requires noprior experience (think “Powerpoint for VR”). The VRdirect Cloud and the VRdirect Player ensures seamless content experience across many ecosystems: From Web 2.0 Browser, iOS and Android Smartphones and Tablets as well as Metaverse ecosystems like Meta Quest, Pico Neo and HTC Vive (and many more ecosystems to come). Enterprises like Siemens, Porsche, Nestle and many more use VRdirect as the standard VR software to deliver use cases ranging from Virtual Tours and Training & Education to Marketing & Sales and Product Visualization. VRdirect offers a free licenses for content creators using the VRdirect WebStudio on vrdirect.com. |  | Seed | Mar 26, 2019 |  |
| Ordercube | Ordercube is a candle replacement for restaurant tables which acts as a server call button changing colour as time elapses, and pairs with a mobile POS. |  | Seed | Mar 15, 2019 |  |

10 of 164 investments shown.

## Co-investors
- [Business Angels Switzerland (BAS)](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/business-angels-switzerland-bas) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Swisscom Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/swisscom-ventures) — VC Fund, 6 deals together
- [Verve Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/verve-ventures) — VC Fund, 5 deals together
- [3wVentures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/3wventures-com) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Alpana Ventures](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/alpana-ventures) — VC Fund, 3 deals together
- [Global Founders Capital](https://shizune.co/investors/profile/global-founders-capital) — VC Fund, 3 deals together

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## FAQ

### What does GoBeyond invest in?

GoBeyond invests primarily in Software, Health Care and Information Technology startups, most often at Funding Round and Seed stage. Most of the 164 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Switzerland. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.

### What is GoBeyond's check size?

GoBeyond typically joins rounds of $544k–$5M at Seed and $1.2M–$10M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds GoBeyond participates in.

### How do I contact GoBeyond?

Public channels for GoBeyond include LinkedIn, X (Twitter) and the website linked on this profile. For a verified work email and phone number, create a free Shizune account — contact data is searched across 20+ sources and validated before delivery, so your outreach lands in the right inbox.

### Who are the partners at GoBeyond?

The team at GoBeyond includes Achim Diedenhofen (Business Angel Investor and Healthcare Group Co-Coach), Bethann Kassman (CEO, Go Beyond Network) and Maria Victoria Hernandez Valcarcel (Deal Leader - Investment Committee), among 15 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.

### Is Shizune's investor data accurate?

Yes — every stat on this profile is calculated from confirmed public funding rounds monitored across hundreds of sources since 2020. This profile was last refreshed in Aug 2026 and is updated monthly. Spotted something off? Use the “Suggest an edit” link near the top of the page.

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